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Astropectinidae Gray, 1840

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123127  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123127)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Valvatacea (Superorder)
  9. Paxillosida (Order)
  10. Astropectinidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Priamasterinae Fisher, 1917 · unaccepted (via synonymy of Priamaster, which...)  
via synonymy of Priamaster, which is synonym of Leptychaster (Astropectinidae). Synonym of Astropectinidae

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  1. Genus Astromesites Fisher, 1913
  2. Genus Astropecten Gray, 1840
  3. Genus Astropectinides Verrill, 1914
  4. Genus Bathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883
  5. Genus Blakiaster Perrier, 1881
  6. Genus Bollonaster McKnight, 1977
  7. Genus Bunodaster Verrill, 1909
  8. Genus Craspidaster Sladen, 1889
  9. Genus Ctenophoraster Fisher, 1906
  10. Genus Ctenopleura Fisher, 1913
  11. Genus Dipsacaster Alcock, 1893
  12. Genus Dytaster Sladen, 1889
  13. Genus Koremaster Fisher, 1913
  14. Genus Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876
  15. Genus Lonchotaster Sladen, 1889
  16. Genus Macroptychaster H.E.S. Clark, 1962
  17. Genus Mimastrella Fisher, 1916
  18. Genus Patagiaster Fisher, 1906
  19. Genus Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
  20. Genus Plutonaster Sladen, 1889
  21. Genus Proserpinaster Fell, 1963
  22. Genus Psilaster Sladen, 1885
  23. Genus Tethyaster Sladen, 1889
  24. Genus Thrissacanthias Fisher, 1910
  25. Genus Tritonaster Fisher, 1906
  26. Genus Trophodiscus Fisher, 1917
  27. Genus Anthosticte Fisher, 1911 accepted as Tethyaster Sladen, 1889
  28. Genus Crenaster Perrier, 1885 non d'Orbigny, 1850 accepted as Dytaster Sladen, 1889 (synonym)
  29. Genus Glyphaster Verrill, 1909 accepted as Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911, 1940).)
  30. Genus Ilyaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883 accepted as Bathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883 (synonym according to Koehler (1909))
  31. Genus Leptoptychaster E. A. Smith, 1879 accepted as Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876 (Synonym of Leptychaster according to Fisher (1911))
  32. Genus Moiraster Sladen, 1889 accepted as Tethyaster Sladen, 1889 (synonym according to A.M. & A.H. Clark (1954))
  33. Genus Nauricia Gray, 1840 accepted as Craspidaster Sladen, 1889 (Probable Synonym)
  34. Genus Parastropecten Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Leptychaster (Parastropecten) (Ludwig, 1905) represented as Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876 (Subgenus according to Fisher (1940).)
  35. Genus Phidiaster Koehler, 1909 accepted as Psilaster Sladen, 1885 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
  36. Genus Phoxaster Sladen, 1889 accepted as Bathybiaster Danielssen & Koren, 1883 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
  37. Subfamily Porcellanasterinae Sladen, 1883 accepted as Porcellanasteridae Sladen, 1883
  38. Genus Priamaster Koehler, 1912 accepted as Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
  39. Genus Psilasteropsis Fisher, 1906 accepted as Persephonaster Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (Synonym according to Koehler (1909))
  40. Genus Ripaster Koehler, 1906 accepted as Psilaster Sladen, 1885 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
  41. Genus Sideriaster Verrill, 1899 accepted as Tethyaster Sladen, 1889 (synonym according to A.M. & A.H. Clark (1954))
  42. Genus Stellaria Nardo, 1834 accepted as Astropecten Gray, 1840 (synonym according to Fisher (1908). Also a homonym of Nardo Moller 1832 (Mollusca-a xenophorid snail).)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 180 [details] 
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Astropectinidae Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123127 on 2025-04-11
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Hansson, Hans
2008-01-19 09:31:50Z
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Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959
page(s): 180 [details] 

original description (of Plutonasteridae Sladen, 1899) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): xxvii, 60 [details] 

original description (of Plutonasterinae Verrill, 1899) Verrill, A. E. (1899). Revision of certain genera and species of starfishes, with descriptions of new forms. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(1): 145-234., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13456950#page/175/mode/1up
page(s): 200 [details] 

original description (of Priamasterinae Fisher, 1917) Fisher, W.K. (1917). XIV. Notes on Asteroidea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8th series, v. 20: 166-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15611172
page(s): 172 [details] 

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource Doderlein, L. (1917). Die Asteriden der Siboga-Expedition. 1. Die Gattung Astropecten und ihre Stammesgeschichte. Siboga-Expedition. 46a: 1-190., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11717817 [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Solís-Marín, F. A.; Alvarado, J. J.; Abreu-Pérez, M.; Aguilera, O.; Alió, J.; Bacallado-Aránega, J. J.; Barraza, E.; Benavides-Serrato, M.; Benítez-Villalobos, F.; Betancourt-Fernández, L.; Borges, M.; Brandt, M.; Brogger, M. I.; Borrero-Pérez, G. H.; Buitrón-Sánchez, E.; Campos, L. S.; Cantera, J.; Clemente, S.; Cohen-Renjifo, M.; Coppard, S.; Costa-Lotufo, L. V.; del Valle-García, R.; Díaz, Y.; Díaz de Vivar, M. E.; Díaz-Martínez, J. P.; Durán-González, A.; Epherra, L.; Escolar, M.; Francisco, V.; Freire, C. A.; García-Arrarás, E.; Gil, D. G.; Guarderas, P.; Hadel, V. F.; Hearn, A.; Hernández, J. C.; Hernández-Delgado, E. A.; Herrera-Moreno, A.; Herrero-Pérezrul, M. D.; Hooker, Y.; Honey-Escandón, M. B. I.; Lodeiros, C.; Luzuriaga, M.; Manso, C. L. C.; Martín, A.; Martinez, M. I.; Martínez, S.; Moro-Abad; Mutschke, E.; Navarro, J. C.; Neira, R.; Noriega, N.; Palleiro-Nayar, J. S.; Pérez, A. F.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Prieto-Rios, E.; Reyes, J.; Rodríguez, R.; Rubilar, T.; Sancho-Mejía, T.; Sangil, C.; Silva, J. R. M. C.; Sonnenholzner, J. I.; Ventura, C. R.; Tablado, A.; Tavares, Y.; Tiago, C. G.; Tuya, F.;Williams, S. M. (2013). Appendix. In: J. J. Alvarado & F. A. Solís-Marín (eds), Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America. pp. 471-510. Springer; Berlin & Heidelberg. page(s): 543-654. [details] 

 
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Japanese モミジガイ科  [details]
Swedish kamsjöstjärnor  [details]
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A Helicolenus dactylopterus (Blackbelly rosefish) and a Astropectinidae (sand living starfish)
A Helicolenus dactylopterus (Blackbelly rosefish) and a Astropectinidae (sand living starfish)
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